Railway tie



U. O. LONG RAILWAY TIE.

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RAILWAYQTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1o, 1919.

Application led September 23, 1918. Seria1No.255,221.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat URIAH 0. LONG, a citi- Zenof the United States, residing'at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railwayone preferred embodiment, Figure 1 is a side View of a tie constructed in accordance with my invention and having railway rails supported thereby; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view thereof on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view` of the tie partly broken away; Fig. 5 is an enlarged view; in longitudinal section of the metallic parts only of one side of the tie and of a modified form of rail fastening; Fig. 6 is a crosssectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the spike box-forming members; and Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of reinforcing elements which may be employed.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the tie 10 may be molded or formed from any suitable composite material, for instance concrete. The edges of the tie when desired may be rounded off, as at 11, to effect a saving of material, prevent chipping and reduce the weight. At 12 hand holds or pocketsmay be provided to facilitate handling. The weight of the tie is further reduced by the bottom having walls 13 extending upwardly to the center of the tie. When the ties are piled one upon another, the space provided by these walls 13 will facilitate handling. Also this construction enables the tie to grip the ground to reduce the chances of lateral movement.

Preferably the composite body is reinforced by a skeleton structure of any suitable metal or design. As shown, transverse rods in any desired number may be employed in the tie, embedded therein, near the top and bottom of the tie; with their ends bent over at 15 to facilitate anchoring. Links 16 are also embedded in the tie, being positioned by rods 14. Endless rods or wires 17 are fastened around the rods 14 while rods or wires 18 are passed alternately over the upper and lower rod 14. vIn the. process of manufacture, the various rods and wires may be tied in proper relation by thin wires before being embedded in the concrete.

Beneath each rail, the tie is further reinforced by a horizontally disposed endless rod 20. Still further, an elongated brace plate or bar is embedded in the tie, having a horizontal portion 21, an inclined end portion 22 and inclined portions 23, one substantially following theV angle of the walls 13. Parallel with portion 21, isa plate 24 and disposed between the portion 21 and plate 24 are a plurality of U shaped bars. These bars have upstanding portions 25 and feet or lugs 26 which bear against the plate 24 and a reinforcing plate 27 resting on the portion 21. Bolts or rivets 28 'pass through lugs 26 and plates 24 at the top and lugs 26, plate 27 and portion 21 at the bottom. The top bolts or rivets 28 also pass through lugs 29 of strut bars 30 joined to the portions 22 and 23 by lugs 31 of the strut bars and bolts or rivets 32. Pla-te 27 may be omitted if desired, but is preferred for the additional strength it affords. If desired also, a wear plate 33 Vresting on plate 24 may 'be dis-V pensed with. Metallic side plates 34 are disposed beneath portion 24, resting on the plate 27 and on the interior face bearing against the sides of portion 25 and lugs 26 Vbeing clamped in place by means of bolts 35.

Plates 34 also preferably have laterally eX- tending flanges or lugs 36 (Fig. 3) through which the rivets 28 pass, as shofwn in Fig. 3.'

Openings 37 may be provided in plate 34 through which the cementitious material of 'the tie may be inserted.

It will be noted that a pair of the U shaped bars is disposed on each side of each track rail 38. The upstanding walls 25 of each pair are spaced from each other to pro vide pockets 39 with which openings 40 in plates 24 and 33 register. A rail fastening or spike 41 may pass through said openings 40 and into each pocket 89, into binding' and wedging relation with retainers or keys'42, preferably of softer metal than the spikes as for instance of lead. yAt the continuousY edges, the spikes and keys may have suitable interengaging corrugations or projections 43. The pockets are preferably wider at their bases than at their tops as shown in F ig. 5,.to facilitate expansion of the keys and provide substantially dove-tailed connections` between the spikes and pockets. Spikes 41 may have heads 4l as in Figs. l, 2 and 3, to overlap the base flanges of the rails.

A limitation to such fastening of the rails is not to be implied as modifications may be resorted to, as in Fig. 5, where a flange engaging bar44, and fish plate 45 are formed integral with each other and with one spike 41 and a fish plate 46 is formed integral with plate 33. As usual fastening bolt means 47 pass through the rail and fish plates and filler members 48 and 49. K

In manufacturing thel tie the cement is poured and tamped into a mold or form having the metal parts therein and fastened together in skeleton formation. The spikes and retainers however, are kept separate until the tie is laid with the rail disposed thereon. Then the retainers are placed in the pockets after which the spikes are driven into the pockets, into binding'relation with the retainers, wedging the retainers and spikes laterally at their lower ends and jointly into substantial dove-tail shape to minimize the chances of Vaccidental withdrawal. Y

The frame 2O effectively reinforces the tie beneath the rails and fastening means so that it may withstand the great strain imposed at such location without damages or breaking or cracking.

Merely the preferred embodiment has been shown in View of which changes may. be resorted to within the scope of the claims.

I claim l. A rail tie having a plate, a plate spaced therefrom, means intermediate the plates forming a pocket, means coperating with the pocket `to secure a rail to the tie, and a bracing means extendingV from the plates.

2. A rail tie having aplate, a plate spaced therefrom, means intermediate the plates forming a' pocket, means coperating with the pocket to secure a rail to the tie, said means having upstanding portions and lugs,

means extending fromV one plate lto the otherv plate. Y

4. A rail tie having a plate, a plate spaced therefrom, means intermediate the plates forming a pocket, means Vcoperating with the pocketto secure a rail to the tie, said means comprising upstanding spaced side members, and fastening means securing the side members in place.

5. A composite rail tie having a reinforc' ing bar, U shaped bars secured thereto and separated to form a pocket, a plate having an opening registering with the pocket, a brace fastened to the .reinforcing bar, fastening vmeans extending through the brace plate and one of the U shaped bars, side plates supported from the reinforcing bar, means securinff the plates together and against the U shaped bars, lflanges on the side plates, means securing the anges to the plate, said pocket being wider at the bottom Y than at the top, a rail securing member eX- tending into the pocket, and a wedge in the pocket to cooperate with' the member.

In 4testimony whereof afhx my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

Y URIAH O. LONG.

Witnesses:

B. M. BmDsALL, F. C. SULLIVAN.

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Washington, D. G. 

